Derek Captainancy Candidates – Round 8 Round 7 Recap Round 7 gave us a pretty clear reminder of one simple SuperCoach truth… When in doubt, trust the rucks. Brodie Grundy was our top VC pick and he delivered exactly what we wanted with 151, finishing as the highest scorer of the round. Clean matchup, clear ruck … Read more
Early in the season, it’s all about finding the right rookies. But around this time of year, the focus starts to shift, it’s no longer just about who to buy, it’s about when to sell. The key concept is the relationship between break-even (BE) and average. If a rookie’s BE is below their average, they … Read more
Captainancy Candidates – Round 7 Round 6 Recap Round 6 was one of those weeks where you were circling the right answers… but just didn’t quite land the knockout blow. Max Gawn came back to earth a little with 105, Caleb Serong didn’t fully capitalise on what looked like a perfect matchup and finished with … Read more
Why Rookies Matter Rookies are the key to building a full premium side in AFL SuperCoach. We all start with a $10,000,000 salary cap, but to get close to full premium you generally need to build your team value to around $14,000,000. That’s roughly $4 million in cash generation, and the majority of that comes … Read more
Captainancy Candidates – Round 6 Round 5 Recap – When It Actually Works Round 5 was one of those weeks where everything lined up the way it was supposed to, which, as we all know, doesn’t happen every week. Max Gawn delivered again with 131, Bailey Smith went large with 151, Max Holmes followed closely … Read more
Captainancy Candidates – Round 5 Round 4 Recap – We Got There… Eventually Round 4 was one of those weeks where you walk away thinking, “that went well”… but also “we probably made that harder than it needed to be.” Our number one Captain choice, Marcus Bontempelli, did exactly what we wanted with a very … Read more
Captainancy Candidates – Round 4 Round 3 Recap – A Big Bump in the Road Round 3 didn’t quite go to script… well, not all of it anyway. Tristan Xerri, our number one Captain choice, put up a very un-Xerri-like 66, which was a bit of a shock to just about everyone. There were a … Read more
Captaincy Candidates – Round 3 Round 2 Recap – Trust the Fixture Before we dive into Round 3, it’s worth quickly reflecting on what we saw last week, because it reinforces exactly how we should be approaching captaincy early in the season. Round 2 was a near perfect example of fixture over form, and if … Read more
Captaincy Candidates – Round 2 Form vs Fixture – The Weekly Battle When it comes to picking a Captain or Vice-Captain in SuperCoach, the decision almost always comes down to two key pillars, form or fixture. Form is about identifying the players who are scoring well right now, who look dominant, who are getting the … Read more
Pizza Theory – Round 1 Reality Check Before the season started we introduced what we called Pizza Theory. The concept was simple. Every AFL match produces exactly 3,300 SuperCoach points. That pizza never changes size. It doesn’t matter whether the game is a brutal defensive scrap played in sideways rain, or a sunny afternoon where … Read more